Skate



Aug. 25, 1931.

s. DE oRLow SKATE Filed Jan. l5. 1930 .figa/55171 7s razZ/ENTOR ATTORNEYB Patented Aeg. 25, 1931 Unirse STATES 'PATENT [OFFICE o STEPHEN DE oRLow, or' LfANsINGy/MTOHIGAN, AssIGNOR' To DE O'Rizow :PRODUCTS CORPORATION, or LANsING,jMIoHIGAN, A CORPORATION or Yirrroiireil Vsignin?.

Application filedv J'anuaryl, 1930.` Serial No. 420,463.

The present invention'pertains to a novel skate intended primarily Vfor ice skating al through' the novel features thereof may also be embodied in arollerskate. i, v f The principal objectof'theinvention'is to provide a skate of the type having sole and heel plates permanently attached to a skating' shoe, but in the present instance the blades or runners'of the skates lare detachable with respect to the sole and heel plates, so that the user may wear t-he slices in a vehicle or may evenl walk ay shortldistance tothe skating rink, thereby avoiding the ne-V cessity of wearing walking shoes and carry- 1'5 ing the skating shoes. Y f Y The invention embodies a novel and simple means for attaching therunnertoV the sole y and heel plates, and the attachment is secured by nuts associated with the runner 205 and adapted to bind against the plates. TheV nuts may be'securely tightened andsubsef quently released ywhen necessary by the use of asma'll stamped metal socket wrench of"Y pocket size.Y

Another object of the invention is; to pro--y vide auxiliary mea-ns forlresistingthe normal rearward thrust 'of the runner member during its forward movement over the ice. This means consists of a rearwardlyfacing 3U shoulder at the forward end of the runner and adapted to late when the runner is .attached to the plates. It will be Obvious that the portionof the sole plate engaged .bythe shoulder presents an obstruction to rearward slippage of the runner.

The invention Ais fully disclosed by Way f of example in the following descriptionand p in theaccompanying drawings, in which* Figure 1 is a plan view of theskate; Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the sole and rheel platesand binding nuts in section; i Fig. 3 is a detailed section of the heel plate p with an attaching stud inserted therein prior to attachment; and y l Fig. 4 isa planviewv of the heel plate. 1

Reference to these views will now be made Y by use of Vlike characters which are employed to designate corresponding parts throughr5e' out,

Vof'a skating shoe 1. yThe sole plate Bis a Y abut a portion of the sole` scribed aperture;

As already indicated, the skate comprisesy sole and yheel, platesadapted for permanent attachment to the sole and heel respectively stamped metal member of appropriate shape.

vature as to make surface contact with the sole4 `of, the shoe.` The plate hascournten Y sunk apertures 5 to receive-screws 6 which fix.

the plate yto the solevas shown in Figure 2.y

l/Vithin the marginal portion 3,t-he plate is depressed as at 7 except for anarea 8f enf gaging the 'sole and further excepting acircular portion 9 which is depressed to a lessextent thanthe portion 7. In the' portionv)` is formed an aperture consisting of ak substantially semi-circular portion 10 at theifor-r ward end and having straight lateral walls `11 which converge slightly toa straight rear wall 12'lying transversely of the plate 7o To theheel 13 of t-he shoe issecured a suitably shaped heel plate 14; having an upstanding margin-al rim 15j which engages the heel.. The body Of the plate is formed withla Oirscular ydepression 16 similar to the depression 75 9fpreviously-described, and around-the de# vpression 16 is a deeperdepression17 immek` diga-tely within-therim 15. The depression 17 has countersunk apertures 18- -to .receive screws19 which fiX the plate to the heel? The 'similar to that'in ythe sole plate and comprisf ingpa-rt-s'lOf, 11C an`d12"corresponding to' the parts'10,1111 and'12iof the previously de-V f i 85 The runner or blade Q0'- has a? air of studsvr 21 .threaded at 22 and having Iblank "upper extremities Q3, receivable inthe forward or semi-circular ends of theslots in the sole and heel plates. The blank ends 23l are slotted" radially, or diametrically at 24, whereby the studs .may bemoved into the narrower' ends of thek apertures to `bring the straight walls y12 and 12 of the apertures into engagement With the rear walls of the fslots'- as illustrated; 9g;= in Figure'Q, o. f

.On thethreaded portions of the studs are` mounted nuts 25 vwith flat-.tops 2'6l adapted Vfor surface `contact with the depressed por- .tnsi9 and la In fastening the.' .Skate ne facing shoulder 28, and the relation of partsV to the plates, the nuts are moved downwardly on the studs as shown in Figure 3, and the studs are inserted in the apertures in the manner already described to take the position shown in Figure 2. The nuts are then tightened against the depressed por` tions 9 and 16 as illustrated in the sole plate 8 in Figure 1. The shanks of the nuts may be of polygonal cross section and engageable by a small stamped metal socket wrench which may conveniently be carried in the pocket of the user.

It will be seen in Figures l and 2 that the forward tip of the sole plate 8 is longitudinally slotted at 27 for a sho-rt distance into the depression 7. The forward end of the runner 2O is notched to form a rearwardly is such that this shoulder engages the rear end of the slot when the skate is assembled as shown in Figure 2. The rear wall of the slot thus provides an abutment for the shoulder 28 and thus takes the rearward thrust of the skate during the forward movement of the latter over the ice and prevents rearward slippage of the skate.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it

will be apparent that various alterations in` the det-ails of construction may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, as indieatedby the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A skate comprising sole and heel plates,

a runner, threaded studs extending from said runner and adapted for interlocking directly with said plates, and nuts on said threaded studs adapted to bind against said plates.

2. A skate comprising apertured sole and heel plates, a runner, threaded studs eX- tending from said runner and adapted for interlocking directly with said plates at the apertures thereof, and nuts on said threaded studs adapted to bind against said plates.

3. A skate comprising apertured sole and heel plates, a runner, threaded studs extending therefrom and having radially slotted ends adapted for reception in the aper tures of said plates, said slots being adapted to receive portions of said plates at the edges of said apertures, and nuts on said threaded studs adapted to bind against said plates.

4. A skate comprising sole and heel plates having each a depression and an aperture formed in the depressed portion, a runner, threaded studs extending therefrom and having radially slotted ends adapted for reception in the apertures of'said plates, said slots being adapted to receive portions of said plates at the edges of said apertures, and nuts on said threaded studs adapted to bind against said plates.

` 5. A skate comprising soleV and heel plates 1 having each a depression and an aperture formed in the depressed portion, each of said apertures terminating in a straight wall lying transversely of the respective plate, a runner', threaded studs extending therefrom and having slotted ends adapted for reception in the apertures and adapted to receive portions of said plates at the straight walls of said apertures, each of the slots in said ends having a straight wall in the stud adapted to engage the straight wall of the corresponding aperture, and nuts on said threaded studs adapted to bind against said plates.

6. A skate comprising sole and heel plates, a runner', means for detachably securing said runner to said plates, said sole plate having a depressed portion stamped out of the general plane thereof, and a rearwardly facing shoulder formed at the forward end of said runner and adapted to engage said depressed portion, whereby to resist rearward thrust of said runner.

7 A skate comprising sole and heel plates7 a runner, means for detachably securing said runner io said plates, the forward tip of said sole plate having a depressed portion stamped out of the general plane thereof and a shoulder formed at the forward end of said runner and adapted to engage said depressed portion, whereby to resist rearward thrust of said runner.

8. A skate comprising sole and heel plates, a runner, means for detachably securing said runner to said plates, the forward tip of said sole plate being depressed, and slotted longitudinally partially through said depressed portion, the forward end of said runner being receivable in the slot and having a shoulder adapted to engage said depressed portion at the rear end of the slot, whereby toresist rearward thrust of said runner. i

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

STEPHEN DE ORLOV. 

